One year.

Happy Birthday to

Miss Adeline Jane.

 Exactly one year ago today my thoughts were totally consumed with a new and precious being about to join our family.  In the time leading up to her birth I would think, sometimes to myself and sometimes aloud, "Oh how I can't wait to meet you.  What will your little hand be like to hold?  How will you smile?  What will your sweet laughing sound like when it travels through our home?  How will your chin be?  How will your eyes be?  Will you know how much we adore you?"

 
One year later.  So many wonderful surprises have been revealed to us about our little girl in this first year.  We know that when she smiles she smiles with her whole face.  One big ear to ear infectious smile.  Her little laughs can fill a room, not to mention our hearts.  She is crazy about her brother and sister and watches them with the wide-eyed wonderment that only a younger sibling can know.  She is pure motion.  She's on the go and she's fast.  She is good for 1000 hugs a day (1 second each).  She prefers to be up early.  She climbs.  High. Really high.  She is part mountain goat.

We adore her.

She knows it.